Unit 2 English around the worldSection Ⅱ Learning about Language & Using LanguageⅠ.重点单词1.usage n. 使用;用法;词语惯用法2.command n.&vt. 命令;指令;掌握3.request n.&vt.请求;要求4.expression n. 词语;表示;表达express vt. 表达5.eastern adj. 东方的;东部的east n. 东方;东部地区6.recognize vt. 辨认出;承认;公认recognition n. 认出;承认7.accent n. 口音;腔调;重音8.straight adv. 直接;挺直;adj. 直的;笔直的;正直的Ⅱ.重点短语1.instead_of 代替;而不是2.turn_off 关闭(电源等)3.hold_on (电话)别挂断,等一下4.believe_it_or_not 信不信由你5.from_all_over_the_world 来自世界各地6.play_a_part_(in) 扮演一个角色;参与Ⅲ.重点句式1.This is because...这是因为……This_is_because_in_the_early_days_of_radio,_those who reported the news were expected to speak excellent English.这是因为在早期的收音机时代,对新闻播音员的要求是讲一口极好的英语。2.the way 后接定语从句However, on TV and the radio you will hear differences in the_way_people_speak.但是,从电视上和收音机上,你会听到不同的人有着不同的说话方式。3.the same...as... 和……一样……So people from the mountains in the southeastern USA speak with almost the_same dialect as_people_in_the_northwestern_USA.所以来自美国东南部山区的人和来自美国西北部的人几乎说着同样的方言。课文预读STANDARD ENGLISH AND DIALECTSWhat is standard① English? Is it spoken in Britain, the US, Canada, Australia, India and New Zealand? Believe it or not②, there is no such③ thing as④ standard English. Many people believe the English spoken on TV ⑤ and the radio⑥ is standard English. This is because in the early days of radio, those who reported the news⑦ were expected⑧ to speak excellent English. However, on TV and the radio you will hear differences in the way people speak⑨.When people use words and expressions⑩ different from the “standard language”⑪ , ...